HCA Healthcare (HCA) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026)

HCA Healthcare (HCA) posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.78 for Q1 2026, up 4.84% YoY from 0.75 in Q1 2025, and up 2.07% sequentially from 0.77 in Q4 2025.

HCA Healthcare (HCA) Debt Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

HCA Healthcare has disclosed Debt Ratio across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 0.78 for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Debt Ratio rose 4.84% year-over-year to 0.78; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 0.78 (up 4.84% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.77, up 5.9% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio climbed to 0.78 in Q1 2026, from 0.77 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Debt Ratio for HCA reached as high as 0.78 in Q1 2026 and fell as low as 0.7 in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.73 (2023), against an average of 0.73.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Debt Ratio grew 12.39% — and 2024, when it dropped 4.28%.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.73 in 2022, then retreated by 3.02% to 0.7 in 2023, then climbed by 2.65% to 0.72 in 2024, then climbed by 5.9% to 0.77 in 2025, then rose by 2.07% to 0.78 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Debt Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.78, 0.77, and 0.74 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 HCA Healthcare 87.94 Bn 90.32 Bn 16.26 Bn 0.78
2 Chemed 18.08 Bn 18.07 Bn 215.76 Mn 0.06
3 Tenet Healthcare 16.59 Bn 15.76 Bn 4.41 Bn 0.42
4 Davita 15.37 Bn 16.23 Bn 1.07 Bn 0.61
5 Encompass Health 10.07 Bn 10.70 Bn 1.34 Bn 0.35
6 Ensign 9.52 Bn 8.93 Bn 293.37 Mn 0.03
7 Universal Health Services 9.19 Bn 9.15 Bn 3.21 Bn 0.30
8 Pacs 6.96 Bn 6.72 Bn 345.96 Mn 0.01
9 Ww International 6.14 Bn 5.98 Bn -149.29 Mn 0.49
10 Brookdale Senior Living 3.76 Bn 3.50 Bn 727.83 Mn 0.73

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.78
Dec 31, 2025 0.77
Sep 30, 2025 0.74
Jun 30, 2025 0.75
Mar 31, 2025 0.75
Dec 31, 2024 0.72
Sep 30, 2024 0.72
Jun 30, 2024 0.71
Mar 31, 2024 0.71
Dec 31, 2023 0.70
Sep 30, 2023 0.72
Jun 30, 2023 0.73
Mar 31, 2023 0.74
Dec 31, 2022 0.73
Sep 30, 2022 0.73
Jun 30, 2022 0.75
Mar 31, 2022 0.72
Dec 31, 2021 0.68
Sep 30, 2021 0.65
Jun 30, 2021 0.68